A command line client for MySQL that can do auto-completion and syntax highlighting.
HomePage: http://mycli.net Documentation: http://mycli.net/docs
Postgres Equivalent: http://pgcli.com
If you already know how to install python packages, then you can install it via pip:
You might need sudo on linux.
$ pip install -U mycli
or
$ brew update && brew install mycli # Only on macOS
or
$ sudo apt-get install mycli # Only on debian or ubuntu
$ mycli --help
Usage: mycli [OPTIONS] [DATABASE]
A MySQL terminal client with auto-completion and syntax highlighting.
Examples:
- mycli my_database
- mycli -u my_user -h my_host.com my_database
- mycli mysql://my_user@my_host.com:3306/my_database
Options:
-h, --host TEXT Host address of the database.
-P, --port INTEGER Port number to use for connection. Honors
$MYSQL_TCP_PORT.
-u, --user TEXT User name to connect to the database.
-S, --socket TEXT The socket file to use for connection.
-p, --password TEXT Password to connect to the database.
--pass TEXT Password to connect to the database.
--ssh-user TEXT User name to connect to ssh server.
--ssh-host TEXT Host name to connect to ssh server.
--ssh-port INTEGER Port to connect to ssh server.
--ssh-password TEXT Password to connect to ssh server.
--ssh-key-filename TEXT Private key filename (identify file) for the
ssh connection.
--ssh-config-path TEXT Path to ssh configuration.
--ssh-config-host TEXT Host to connect to ssh server reading from ssh
configuration.
--ssl Enable SSL for connection (automatically
enabled with other flags).
--ssl-ca PATH CA file in PEM format.
--ssl-capath TEXT CA directory.
--ssl-cert PATH X509 cert in PEM format.
--ssl-key PATH X509 key in PEM format.
--ssl-cipher TEXT SSL cipher to use.
--tls-version [TLSv1|TLSv1.1|TLSv1.2|TLSv1.3]
TLS protocol version for secure connection.
--ssl-verify-server-cert Verify server's "Common Name" in its cert
against hostname used when connecting. This
option is disabled by default.
-V, --version Output mycli's version.
-v, --verbose Verbose output.
-D, --database TEXT Database to use.
-d, --dsn TEXT Use DSN configured into the [alias_dsn]
section of myclirc file.
--list-dsn list of DSN configured into the [alias_dsn]
section of myclirc file.
--list-ssh-config list ssh configurations in the ssh config
(requires paramiko).
-R, --prompt TEXT Prompt format (Default: "\t \u@\h:\d> ").
-l, --logfile FILENAME Log every query and its results to a file.
--defaults-group-suffix TEXT Read MySQL config groups with the specified
suffix.
--defaults-file PATH Only read MySQL options from the given file.
--myclirc PATH Location of myclirc file.
--auto-vertical-output Automatically switch to vertical output mode
if the result is wider than the terminal
width.
-t, --table Display batch output in table format.
--csv Display batch output in CSV format.
--warn / --no-warn Warn before running a destructive query.
--local-infile BOOLEAN Enable/disable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE.
-g, --login-path TEXT Read this path from the login file.
-e, --execute TEXT Execute command and quit.
--init-command TEXT SQL statement to execute after connecting.
--charset TEXT Character set for MySQL session.
--password-file PATH File or FIFO path containing the password
to connect to the db if not specified otherwise
--help Show this message and exit.
mycli is written using prompt_toolkit.
- Auto-completion as you type for SQL keywords as well as tables, views and columns in the database.
- Syntax highlighting using Pygments.
- Smart-completion (enabled by default) will suggest context-sensitive completion.
SELECT * FROM <tab>will only show table names.SELECT * FROM users WHERE <tab>will only show column names.
- Support for multiline queries.
- Favorite queries with optional positional parameters. Save a query using
\fs alias queryand execute it with\f aliaswhenever you need. - Timing of sql statements and table rendering.
- Config file is automatically created at
~/.myclircat first launch. - Log every query and its results to a file (disabled by default).
- Pretty prints tabular data (with colors!)
- Support for SSL connections
- Some features are only exposed as key bindings
If you're interested in contributing to this project, first of all I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude. I've written a small doc to describe how to get this running in a development setup.
https://github.com/dbcli/mycli/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
Please feel free to reach out to me if you need help.
My email: [email protected]
Twitter: @amjithr
You can install the mycli package available in the AUR:
$ yay -S mycli
On Debian, Ubuntu distributions, you can easily install the mycli package using apt:
$ sudo apt-get install mycli
Fedora has a package available for mycli, install it using dnf:
$ sudo dnf install mycli
Follow the instructions on this blogpost: http://web.archive.org/web/20221006045208/https://www.codewall.co.uk/installing-using-mycli-on-windows/
This project was funded through kickstarter. My thanks to the backers who supported the project.
A special thanks to Jonathan Slenders for creating Python Prompt Toolkit, which is quite literally the backbone library, that made this app possible. Jonathan has also provided valuable feedback and support during the development of this app.
Click is used for command line option parsing and printing error messages.
Thanks to PyMysql for a pure python adapter to MySQL database.
Mycli is tested on macOS and Linux, and requires Python 3.7 or better.
Mycli is not tested on Windows, but the libraries used in this app are Windows-compatible. This means it should work without any modifications. If you're unable to run it on Windows, please file a bug.
For more information on using and configuring mycli, check out our documentation.
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